Sampford Courtenay: the village
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Sampford Courtenay: the village
Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 27 Jul 2006
Looking north-north-west. A recently carved memorial stone nearby states: ‘On Whit Monday 1549 Sampford Courtenay people killed a local farmer William Hellyons and then joined the Cornish in the Prayer Book Rebellion which ended in defeat by the King’s Army outside this village’.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.793733
Longitude
-3.941928